A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom
Center

This material from the life and
career of Woody Allen, collected by Andreas Brown of the Gotham Book Mart &
Gallery in New York, includes screenplays, playscripts, cast and production
information, lobby cards, posters, pressbooks, presskits, souvenir programs,
publicity stills, articles by and about Allen, short stories, photographs, and
Allen
memorabilia.

This material from the life and career of Woody Allen, collected by Andreas Brown
of
the Gotham Book Mart & Gallery in New York, includes screenplays,
playscripts, cast and production information, lobby cards, posters, pressbooks,
presskits, souvenir programs, publicity stills, articles by and about Allen, short
stories, photographs, and Allen memorabilia.

The collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Works, 1963-2002; and Series II.
Personal and Career-Related Material, 1937-2004.

The Works series is organized in two subseries: Subseries A. Films and Stage Plays;
and Subseries B. Other Writings. Arranged alphabetically by title, nearly all
films
and plays for which Allen was the director, screenwriter, actor and/or producer
are
represented in some measure. Screenplay drafts, some signed, are present for Annie Hall (1977), Antz
(1971), Bananas (1971), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Crimes and
Misdemeanors (1989), Deconstructing Harry
(1997), Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex* *But
Were Afraid to Ask (1972), "The
Filmmaker" (n.d.), The Front (1976),
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Hollywood Ending (2002), Interiors (1978), Love and Death (1975),
Manhattan (1979), A
Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Play It
Again, Sam (1972), Radio Days (1987),
Scenes from a Mall (1991), Sleeper (1973), "Stanley" (n.d.),
Stardust Memories (1980), and Take the Money and Run (1969). Also of interest are the
agreements, contracts, riders, and correspondence related to Allen's first major
film What's New Pussycat?, previously titled "Lot's Wife." The material dates from 1963-1965 and
includes letters to and from Charles H. Abramson and Harry E. Sokolov of Famous
Artists Productions, Charles H. Joffe of Jack Rollins Personal Management, producer
Charles K. Feldman, and Fred Goldberg. Playscripts are included for Don't Drink the Water (1966), The
Floating Light Bulb (1981), Play It Again,
Sam (1969), and "Sex and Death: Two
Plays," ca. 1974.

The other writings in Subseries B. include articles by Allen for magazines, as well
as the short story "The Kugelmass Episode," and
his humor collection Without Feathers.

Series II. Personal and Career-Related Material contains an eclectic mix of discrete
items connected to Allen's life and work. Numerous magazine and newspaper articles
about Allen are present, as are photographs from his childhood years to recent
publicity photographs, many signed. Of iconic interest is a vinyl mask of Woody
Allen's head, accompanied by his signature black framed glasses. Vintage pieces
include a series of lobby boards from his standup days of the 1960s, performing
in
the Catskills.

Books, video, and sound recordings received with this collection were transferred to appropriate locations within the Ransom Center. A list of the books separated is available here.